Butterfly Mini Notes

These are some new creations from a super cool punch that I bought recently. The punch is on some dark purple paper with a hem stich on the bottom of the front (purely decorative). The inside is pink with my own design printed on it. They can be used for anything I think, mini happy notes, gift tags, "love you" notes on your bathroom mirror....

They measure about 2 x 1.5" folded, so they are a cute addition to anything. I added a sticky foam pad to the back of each one to make them easy to stick them til your heart's content.

They are very girly girl I think, what with the pink, purple and the butterfly. I have become more and more girly as time passes. It kind of grosses me out. But I am learning to embrace it!

Dreaming of Springtime

We ave suffered through another snow storm here in Connecticut. So I made a collage while I was stuck in the house dreaming or the arrival of Spring...

Just a short post today, but I thought this collage came out pretty good, and I wanted to know who else is dreaming of Spring?

Fun with Anagrams

Enamel Dog Log

I found this really great website, www.wordsmith.org. The above phrase with I thought to be exceedingly funny is an anagram out of my username, megangoodell. Although most of them were disturbing, here were some other good ones:

Legal Do Gnome
Alone Mold Egg

I got a chuckle out of them. There were also cool little pages on this site like the Anagram Times, where they take headlines and find anagrams out of them, like this...

Death by chocolate = The 'halted' by cocoa

Obviously these people are obessesed wih these things...

Also, there is the Anagram Hall of Fame where I found this nugget of funniness:

Clothespins = So Let's Pinch

Oh, and one last thing I found on their "Odds and Ends" page:

Ever wondered why there isn't another word that can be made by rearranging the letters of the word anagram?

I hope you got a chuckle out of these like I did. Check the site out and find a cool anagram for your username. I would love to see them!

Valentine's Day weekend cont...& craft night!

Above, is a picture of a church we walked by in Newton, MA where we picked up the T into Boston. I love how the sky came out so blue. I swear its the fantastic camera I have, none of my own talent. Im an amature.

That morning, we went to the Natural Science Museum. They were having an exhibit on Lizards and snakes, here are some my favorite pics..

Chris is trying to scare off these lizards stuck to the glass...


A camera shy lizard (in this shot, I forgot that my flash was on. I got in a bit of trouble with the staff for using flash photgraphy, and after apologizing, I chuckled to myself, because this pic came out so much better because of the flash...:))


We had such a good time, it was one of the best ways I could think of to celebrate Valentine's Day. I think its so important to do things together, even if they are silly...

So when we got back, it was craft night and my mom came over to work on some of our projects....


Here is a collage I was working on..


I think we made progress.

Swimming with the Fishes on Valentines Day Weekend

So, I know I wrote about Valentines Day in my last post, but it is my favorite holiday so I usually tend to overdo it. Me and my husband stretched it out over the weekend and visited Boston. Boston is our favorite place to go. There is just something about it. It is the only place that still looks beautiful in the middle of February when it is cold, there is no leaves on the trees, and all you have is hard crusted mounds of brown snow left over from the last snow storm.

Anyway, I got some great shots from the New England Aquarium that was our first stop. I absolutly love aquariums. I am always surprised at how fasinated I am by the creatures that are out there...







It was really amazing. We had a great time. I put my hand next to the glass where the turtle was to give you an idea of how big he was. It was incredible! I love turtles!

I have lots more to share about our weekend, so stay tuned!

Gettin' Warm and Cosi on Valentine's Day

For our first Valentine's Day, my husband and I toasted S'Mores at a local restaurant called Cosi. I just thought it was the coolest idea, to toast marshmellows at a restaurant in the middle of February. My husband wasn't surprised when I pulled out my camera...






I also have been very inspried lately by this blog, http://www.inspiartionalboards.blogspot.com
It has a bunch of interiews from people all over that are great crafty artistic people. They also put links to their blogs and etsy shops, which has been awesome. I don't try to steal other peoples ideas, but sometimes, to see people doing something, it inspires you, by saying, "if they are doing it, I can too!" So check it out!

I am very excited too! My hubby and I are going away this weekend to Boston. I have always wanted to go to the New England Aquarium, www.neaq.com and so since it is Valentine's Day weekend, we are going to stay overnight in the city and make a weekend out of it. *Bubbling with excitement*

I will be sure to have lots of pics from the weekend when we get back. See you all then!

Lucas the peacock

Here is a pic of one of my new characters, Lucas the Peacock and his first feature on joyCARDs...



I also did some cards out of another new character, Bernard the dog... he his all ready for a walk!



Its late and I have been on this computer all day, and my hubby wants me back! I must go, but I at least wanted to share these pics...night!